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Vacation

Fear of death hangs over,
not of my own,
but fear of death nonetheless.

Will she recover,
who already has slid so far down?

Her older brother, who was first,
should not be last.

Who is it will get the vacation?
And who, once again, passed over?

Politics and SocietySuzi PeelMarch 18, 2014
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